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Annual report seeks to counter US accusations of human rights abuses by China's ruling Communist Party.

Congress passed laws after 9/11 giving US presidents power to OK military force, but calls are growing to change that.

Citing human rights concerns, the world's second-largest clothing retailer said it would not use cotton from Xinjiang.

Vast, 200,000-strong Brazilian claimant group fails to revive UK suit involving Brazil's worst environmental disaster.

Executive VPs and above will be evaluated on how they contribute to environmental, gender-parity and inclusion targets.

The suspect, Ahmad Alissa, had a history of angry outbursts and was previously arrested for assaulting a classmate.

The government is attempting crack down on those who arrive by unauthorised routes, such as in small boats or in trucks.

Hotel Rwanda film 'hero' says will not appear before court, contends terror-related charges against him are fabricated.

The stories of Indigenous people who died in police encounters in Canada and the loved ones they left behind.

Ahmed Rabbani has been held without trial at Guantanamo for 18 years. He describes the impact on his children.

The Biden administration is grappling with an increase of unaccompanied minors crossing the US southern border.

Despite shunning strict COVID lockdowns, Sweden's overall mortality rate was lower than most other European nations.

President claims Turkish state media spread 'lies' about France last year and warns against playing on public opinion.

While Yazidi elders welcomed women enslaved by ISIL back into the community, children born to ISIL fathers were not.

The Suez Canal, which handles some 10 percent of global maritime trade, blocked by container ship causing a traffic jam.

Leaders of poorer countries say lifting waivers will secure a vaccine for their nations.

Nairobi gives UN refugee agency two weeks to present plan to shut the two sprawling refugee camps.

Jihyun Park was left for dead in a North Korean labour camp, now she's running for office in northern England.

In a sign of deep financial crisis, people unable to afford rent or mortgage payments are living in their cars.

Portugal must 'tackle racist biases against people of African descent', Europe's top rights group says.

Community advocates say prioritising residents' needs is key as Atlanta killings fuel fear of more violence in US.

Here is a look back at stages in the enlargement of the key waterway for international maritime trade.

Ideologies of western supremacy are hindering the global COVID-19 vaccination drive.

Ship partially refloated in the canal and traffic expected to resume soon, port agent GAC tells Reuters.

World Food Program USA’s chief advocacy officer on the great-grandmother whose independent spirit inspires her.

Comments in a closed Zoom meeting with Conservative MPs came as the country remembered more than 125,000 COVID victims.

A couple and their young child quit the rat race and join a minimalist movement, decluttering and living with less.

Humanitarian agencies call for the removal of barbed wire fences, Bangladeshi officials deny they trapped the refugees.

'Double mutant variant' detected, says health ministry amid concerns over highest single-day tally of deaths and cases.

The electric carmaker said last month it had bought $1.5bn of Bitcoin, sending the price of the cryptocurrency soaring.

The blast targeted a police vehicle that was on routine patrol in the Pakistani border town of Chaman.

Ethiopian Human Rights Commission says the soldiers killed the civilians in Axum in late November.

The grounding of a container ship in the vital waterway has blocked traffic, raising fears of crude supply disruptions.

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb makes the case for extraterrestrial intelligence.

Traffic diverted to an older channel after large ship runs aground blocking vessels passing through the busy waterway.

Though Holi is celebrated on a particular day, March 29 this year, it is a week-long affair in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura.

Sheikh Hamdan, also UAE's finance minister, had been been unwell for months.

French president pledges support for Libya's interim's government after meeting with the head of the interim presidency.

Israeli fighter jets carry out raids on what its army said were 'Hamas rocket manufacturing site and military post'.

The meeting signals widening scrutiny of China's technology firms amid crackdown on alleged monopolistic practices.

Exit polls from Israel's fourth election in two years show a parliament divided between pro- and anti-Netanyahu blocs.

India's Narendra Modi writes to Imran Khan on Pakistan Day as rare peace overtures continue between the two nations.

200,000-tonne Ever Given en route from the Red Sea ran aground after the ship suffered a blackout.

Intel plans to build two factories in Arizona in challenge to Taiwanese, South Korean advanced chip-making giants.

Seven year old is youngest of at least 20 children aid group says have have been killed following February 1 coup.

Temporary suspension comes as cap defect reported as authorities say there is no issue with vaccine's safety.

US, which is reviewing its North Korea policy, downplays tests with President Joe Biden saying 'nothing has changed'.

Decision is latest victory for former Brazilian president, who had his corruption convictions annulled this month.

Canada's system will extend to people whose death is not 'reasonably foreseeable', prompting fears among some advocates.

Marcelo Queiroga is fourth health minister in hard-hit South American nation since start of the COVID-19 pandemic.